MobiCom awarded 'Best Socially Responsible Company'

• KDDI CORPORATION

March 23,2018

KDDI CORPORATION subsidiary MobiCom Corporation LLC (Headquarters: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Chairman and CEO: Tatsuya Hamada) has been selected as the "Best Socially Responsible Company" by the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry in its biennial Silk Road-2018 Awards, honoring corporate public conscientiousness.
Presented every other year to honor nine categories of activity and contribution, the Silk Road Awards recognize foreign business entities, international organizations, diplomatic missions and individuals that contribute to Mongolia's economic development and ecological efforts.
As Mongolia's largest comprehensive telecommunications service provider, MobiCom places utmost importance on its contributions to Mongolian society. In collaberation with World Vision Mongolia, an NGO that coordinates international cooperation with local governments, MobiCom has helped provide schools with water supply systems and flush toilet facilities through the W.A.S.H. Project. The program has benefitted approximately 45,000 children at 58 schools in 16 provinces with improved public sanitation conditions.
MobiCom also participates in the Child Helpline 108 project, which helps address the problem of child abuse. The project provides toll-free assistance 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to children, parents, teachers and social welfare workers, and embodies MobiCom's proactive approach to CSR in Mongolia.

At the award ceremony: (from left) Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman M. Oyunchimeg, MobiCom Chairman and CEO Tatsuya Hamada, Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO B. Lkhagvajav

"It comes as a great honor for MobiCom to receive this distinguished award for Best Socially Responsible Company," said MobiCom Chairman and CEO Tatsuya Hamada in accepting the award. "Among all of our activities, we regard CSR efforts as essential to upholding our social responsibilities. For 21 years now, MobiCom has been working to improve the environment in which Mongolian children live. We are immensely grateful for the cooperation of every international NGO member, the Mongolian central government and local governments, that has made it possible to take action. I'd like to add that it is extremely gratifying to have been able to make a contribution to the nation of Mongolia, and to receive this recognition."

The Silk Road Award medal

(Reference) About MobiCom

MobiCom is a total telecommunications service provider, supplying mobile, fixed line and satellite communication services in addition to a wide range of ICT services, and holds the largest market share of Mongolia's mobile subscribers. [1]

KDDI invested in MobiCom from its founding in 1995, allying with operating partners, Sumitomo Corporation and Newcom LLC [2], to contribute to development of Mongolia's communications industry. KDDI will apply its worldwide knowledge and experience to continue powering the growth of MobiCom and Mongolia's telecommunications environment under strong partnership.

History

November 1995	KDDI, Sumitomo Corporation and Newcom LLC enter the Mongolian market, establishing a joint telecommunications venture
March 1996	Launched 2G GSM service
March 2009	Launched 3G W-CDMA service
2011	Obtained ISO 9001 quality management system certification
2012	Obtained ISO 27001 information security management certification
August 2014	Launched Candy Point Program
March 2016	KDDI consolidated MobiCom
May 2016	Launched 4G LTE high-speed data communication service in Ulaanbaatar
December 2016	Launched Candy e-money service
March 2017	Launched Candy Message Loan service
July 2017	Obtained Mongolia's first international standard OHSAS18001 certification for implementation and operation of (MobiCom's) Occupational Health and Safety Management System
November 2017	Introduced Mongolia's first carrier aggregation in 4G LTE
December 2017	Received the Grand Prix at the "Entrepreneur Awards"

• [1]

  As of June 2017.

• [2]

  A Mongolian investment company. Based in Ulaanbaatar.

• This press release is an abridged translation of the press release announced in Japan.

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